As much as I'd like to see this work if you run it without arguments it states it's not supported by most GPU's:

$ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA System Management Interface -- v2.0

NVSMI provides diagnostic information for Tesla and select Quadro devices.
The data is presented in either plain text or XML format, via stdout or a file.
NVSMI also provides several management operations for changing device state.

As much as I'd like to see this work if you run it without arguments it states it's not supported by most GPU's:

$ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA System Management Interface -- v2.0

NVSMI provides diagnostic information for Tesla and select Quadro devices.
The data is presented in either plain text or XML format, via stdout or a file.
NVSMI also provides several management operations for changing device state.

So the only thing NVIDIA hid which is really useful for all of us is GPU utilization.

I'm sorry, but the decision to hide GPU utilization from users did nothing good even from the POV of making us buy professional NVIDIA GPUs (which are just rebranded consumer products without artificially imposed limits).

So the only thing NVIDIA hid which is really useful for all of us is GPU utilization.

I'm sorry, but the decision to hide GPU utilization from users did nothing good even from the POV of making us buy professional NVIDIA GPUs (which are just rebranded consumer products without artificially imposed limits).

Now if only the rest of people out there could understand how money hungry corporations like this work the world would be a better place.